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During the 1820s and 1830s, a number of strikes were commenced to shorten the work day. In June 1827 some 600 Philadelphia journeymen carpenters—that is, the wage laborers employed by master carpenters—went on strike for the citywide establishment of the ten-hour day. [3]
This category is for people from the United States state of Pennsylvania Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Pennsylvania Also: Countries : United States : States : Pennsylvania : People
From 1857 to 1861, James Buchanan, a Franklin County native, served as the 15th U.S. president, the first president to be born in Pennsylvania. [62] Over three days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought near Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of both the Civil ...
Meidinger told jurors, "at some point, she [Daugherty] trusted me because she knew me from the West Place (a center for people with special needs)." The friendship led to Daugherty traveling from her home in Mount Pleasant to Smyrnes' apartment on Monday, February 8, 2010. She was then held captive for three days where she was tortured ...
3. He played the saxophone in a jazz trio known as the "Three Blind Mice" and still plays the instrument today. He famously performed Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" on "The Arsenio Hall Show."
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...
He called the homicide “one of the most heinous crimes I’ve seen in 46 years of being a lawyer.” “I have pieces of a body of a 14-year-old murder victim, dismembered, brutally killed ...
Pennsyltucky is interchangeable with the slang term The "T", because of the shape of Pennsylvania when excluding the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Metro areas."The T" is used primarily in a political context (e.g., "Winning the T"), and is considered a more politically correct term than "Pennsyltucky" when referring to potential voters without so openly insulting them.